dequantitate
English
Etymology
From Latin de- + quantatas. See quantity.
Verb
dequantitate (third-person singular simple present dequantitates, present participle dequantitating, simple past and past participle dequantitated)
- (obsolete, rare) To diminish the quantity of.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dequantitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)